Page galley and type tie-up



May 15, 1928.

E. S. KELLEY PAGE GALLEY AND TYPE TIE-UP Filed May 11, 1927 F 1 um "ATTORNEY Patented May 15,1928.

UNITED STATES Enwann SYIQVESTER KELLEY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAGE GALLEY AND TYPE TIE-UP.

Application filed May 11,1927. Serial No. 190,425.

This invention relates to the art of printingand has particular reference to type galleys and tie-ups for type.

WVhereas in the usual or old practice, it is customary to make up pages of type on a large make-up galley, and then to transfer the typerto a smaller galley or page galley, in the practice of this improvement I employ only the. smaller galley or page galley and omit the trouble and expense of the larger galley and the transfer of the type from one to the other.

Among the objects of the invention, therefore is to provide a' printers galley upon which the column or columns of type are placed and locked :by a special locking spring as distinguished from the use of a cord or other means for tying the work.

Another object of the invention is to provide a alley and tie-up mechanism so designed t at the type willnot only be satisfactorily locked on the galley, but is 1adaptable for correction or interchange of the type as may be necessary from time to time without disturbing the bulk of the type.

A still further object of the invention is to simplify the looking or tying means, making it easy for the locking to e effectedfor holding the type or to be released for removing the type from the galley.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrange ment and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is an end view of the structure of Fig. 2, looking from the plane of the line 1-1.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing my improvement with the type locked to the gal le Fig. 3 is an elevation of the lower end of the structure of Fig. 2, as from the plane of the line 3-3.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lockin spring.

iigs. 6 and 7 are detail views of the upper and lower end portions of the spring.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings I show my improved galley 10 as comprising abody and a series of verti-.

cal sides and ends 11, 12, and 13 extending upward from theplane of the bottom as usual and having one open side. This galley may be of any suitable construction, size, or design, but may be thought of in this description as a page galley and upon which a lugs 17 not far remote from the angle between this wall and the side wall 11. The lower wall 13 is provided with a somewhat similar series of openings 18 arranged adjacent to the end of the wall next to the open side of the galley. These openings 17 and 18 preferably are accurate as to spacing 1n accordancewith the standard widths of columns and spacing between the columns. While I have shown three of these slots in each series, a greater or less number might beused and at variable spacing between them.

One of the principal features of my improvement is a spring shown in detail in Fig. 5 and made preferably of leaf spring material such as steel or its equivalent and comprising a substantially straight side leg 19 and a ow-shaped or curved leg 20 having a spring angle at 21 between them. While the leg 19 is described as being substantially straight, it is in normal idle position slightly angular as shown at 22 for the better gripping of the type when in locked position. Likewise while the portion 20 is described as bow-shaped, it has a substantially fiat central port-ion 23 adapted to abut against the upper surface of the reglet 15. The end portions of the spring are both tapered and terminate in prongs or hooks, the leg 19 having a substantially right angularly turned hook 24 adjacent to which is a shoulder 25. The other end portion has a prong 26 adjacent to a shoulder 27.

After the type has been put into position on the galley and is ready for locking, the

operator grasps the spring 19 and projects the hook 2a through any convenient selected hole or opening 18, the spring at this time being swung outward as indicatedin dot and dash lines in Fig. 2 so that the hook will pass freely downward or outward through the slot after which the spring is swung to the left around intodirect abutting prong 26 may besnapped into or out of its locking position irrespective of the material swinging movement of the spring as a whole.

I claim:

1. Iina page galley and type tie-up, a galley having a fiat bottom and certain vertical walls connected therewith, said walls having openings on the remote sides of the galley, and atie-up spring so constructed as to embrace the type matter on the other wise opensides thereof, said spring haying ends to enter HDdIDlZGI'lOCk in said openings in the vertical walls.

2 Mechanism as set forth in claim 1 in which the openings are formed in end walls of the galley in substantially diametrically opposite portions of the galley.

3i Mechanism as set forth in claim 1 in which the galley is provided with aside wall in addition to the vertical walls specified which are twoend walls extending from the ends ofthe side wall, andthe openings specilied are locatedinthe end walls and in pluralities. one plurality being adjacent to the side wall corner o't'l one end wall, while the other plurality are adjacent to the open side of the galley.

4. The conibination witli-a printer's galley having end and side walls, certain of the walls being provided with vertical slots, of a locking spring for tying up the type on the galley, said spring being made from flat stock and having two arms arranged substantially at right angles to each other, onc of the arm'sbeing straighter than the other, and each arinterminating in a prong adapted toenter a slotin the galley for holding the spring in type tyingvposition.

M'echanisni as set forth in claim 4' in whiehthe spring. has adjacent to each prong a shoulder to limit the extent of movement of thepronged portion through its slot.

6. Mechanism as set forth in claim 4 in which the spring is so formed that the curved arm thereof is provided with aiflat central portion for better abutting co-operation with the type matter on the galley.

7. Mechanism as set forth in claim 4 in which the straighter arm oh the spring is provided with a normally flat or obtuse angle to*increase the tension against thel type matter when interlocked;

In testimony whereof- I aflix my signa ture.

EDWARD SYLVEST-ECR KELLEY. 

